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Show ~ Of the Hiftory of Plants: He manured Medlattree is not great,the body whereofis writhed ; the boughes hard’ noteafie tobe broken: the leaues be longer,yet narrower than thofe of the apple im : darke,greene aboue,and fomewhat whiter and hairy below : the floutes are white and great, iie fiue leaues a piece : the fruit is fmall,round, and hath a broad compaffed nauell or crowne Owne at the top : the pulpe or meat is.at thefirft white,and fo harfh or choking, that it cannot be eaten before it become foft,inwhichare containedfiue feeds or ftones,whichbe flat and hard. $ 2 low,and ofanherbie colour, it growes in diuers places of the or foure together,hol he Spring m ofthe Aduerf. ‘ 3 aethree the Chamame/pilu and the Chamame/pilus Gefneriof Clufins. $ ee q The Place, The Medlar trees do growin Orchards,and oftentimesin hedges among Briars and Brambles; peing grafted in a white Thorneit profpereth wonderfull well, {and bringeth forth fruit twife or apples: we haue divers trife bigger than thofe that are not gtafted atall,almoft as great aslittle Mima fortsofthem in our aa There isanotherwhich ditfereth: fromthe laft deferibed, in that the leaues are longer and narrower,the ftocke hath no prickles vponit : the fruitalfo is larger and better taftedsin other refpedts it is like ro the lait defcribed. This is the Mefpilus fructnpreflantiore of Tragus and Mepilys Domeftica of Lobel. + Sra 3 The Neapolitane Medlar tree groweth to the height and greatneffe ofan Appletree hauing manytough and hard boughes or branches,fet with fharp thornes like the white Thorne, or Hav. thorne: the leaues are very much cut or tagged like the Hawthorneleaues, but greater, and more like Smallage or Parfley,which leaues before they fal fromthe tree dowax red:among thefe laues comeforth great tufts offloures ofa pale herbycolour:which beingpaft, there fucceed {mall long fruit, leffer than the {malleft Medlar,whichatthe firft are hard,and greene of colour, butwhen they beripe,they are both foft and red, ofa fweet and pleafant tafte : wherein is contairied three {mall hardftones,as in the former,which be the kernels or feeds thereof, Aronia 33 Mefpilus P ede The Neapolitane Medlar, : + 1455 verylike the Haw,or fruit ofthe white Thorne,and ofa red colour. ¢ The floures come forth in |] The Defcription. ‘ I [is.3. Of the Hiftory ofPlants, ; Chamemefpilus. Dwarfe tdedlen Itis very late before Medlars be ripe,which is in the end of O ober, but the floures come forth el ete q@ The Names. The fittt is called in Greeke by Theophraltos worm : in Latine,Me/pilws : inhigh Dutch, elpel= baum 3 in low Durch, MPitpelvoorne sin French,Nefflier: in Englith, Medlar tree. high Dutch, The Apple or fruitisnamed in Greeke, an : in Latine likewife, Mefpilum : in Adipel,sn low Dutch, MPifpele : in Italian,Ne/polo : in French,Neffle : in Spanifh, NefPeras:in En- g ed]2r. in Dias afirmeth.that this Medlartreeis called wma, and of diuers , Sitanion : Galen alfo he faith, by hisbooke of the faculties of fimple medicines nameth this Epimeliswhich is called,as ; for vnder the name of Mefpithecountrey men in Iraly,7meeo,and groweth plentifully in Calabria Aronia, lys,or Medlar tree,he meaneth no other than Tricoccus, which is alfo named it Epimelss, The Neapolitane Medlartree is called in Greeke aiamvand plants: Galen calleth The fruithereofis called Tricoccos,of the three grainesor tones thatit hath:they of Naples call itsZarolo :andwemay nameicin Englifh,three graine Medlar,orNeapolitane Medlat,or Med«th totem’ : of Naples. drie,and aftringent;the leaues are of the fame nature: the dwarfe Medlar PThe te Mediars are cold, enn Sai ree isdry,(harpe,and aftringent Medlars do ftapthe belly,efpecially when they be greene andhard,for after thatthey hauebeen A, liptawhile,{o chatthey becomefoft and tender, they doe not binde or ftop fo much,butare then tore to eaten. mi Beicorthe three grain Medlar,is eaten both raw and boiled,and is more wholefome forthe B lomacke. m Thefe Medlars be oftentimespreferued with {ugar or hony:and being fo prepared theyare plea- C lantand delightfull ro the tafte. ; Moreouer,they are fingular good for womenwith childe: forthey ftrengthen the ftomacke,and D flaythe lothfomneffe thereof, The {tones orkernels of the Medlars,made into pouder and drunke; doe breakethe ftone,expell g etee Cuar. 99. Of the Pearetree. q| The Defcription. Ovwrite of Peares and Applesin particular, would require a particular volume :the ftocke or kindred of Peares are not to be numbred:euery country hathhis peculiarfruit:myfelfe knows oe curious in graifing and planting of fruits,who hath in one piece of ground,at the Pee - three fore fundry forts of Peares,and thofe exceeding good, not doubtingbutif his minde ac hea: fekeafter multicudes,he might haue gotten together the like numberofthofe of worle : iB a fides the diterfities of hole chat be wilde,expetience fheweth fundryforts: and ite t . € 4 There isa dwarfekinde ofMedlar gtowing naturally vpon the Alpes, and hils of Narbone; and on the rocks of Mount Baldus nigh Verona,which hath been by fome of the beft learnedelteemed fora kindeof Medlar : others,whofe iudgements cannotftand wich truth or probability,baue fuppofed it to be Eworymus.of the Alpes : this dwarfe Medlar growethlike a {mall hedge t@ © fourorfiue cubits high,bearing many {mal twiggie wands or crops,befer with many flenderleaues green aboue,and ofa skie colour vnderneat h,in fhew like to a dwarfe Apple tree,but the iy thot amiffe to fet downe the figures offome few with their feuerall titles,as wel ba 4 a as En- slith, and one general! defcription for that,that might be faid of many, beree eferibe apart, wee tofend an owle to Athens,or to numberthofe things ck : that are :without num oT lucke : t Our Authorin this chapter gaue eight figures with feuerall titles to lee ees = made the hee for obferued, he that order fame the norin omeachtree,andput his title to it,but ; r ffes th pearetree the feuenth which Thauenow miadethe fir, becaufe the figure oe = » WEBS graucl.and procure vrine. |